JP5606711B2 - Banknote handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus that processes banknotes, and more particularly to a banknote processing apparatus that can perform a banknote scrutiny process. Here, the banknote scrutiny processing is a banknote one by one from a plurality of storage units provided in the banknote processing apparatus to the transport unit, and the banknotes fed out are one storage unit. Store one by one in other storage units in different empty states, and when all the banknotes stored in one storage unit have been sent to another storage unit, return the banknotes from other storage units to one storage unit The operation of identifying a banknote when transporting a banknote from one storage section to another storage section or when returning a banknote from another storage section to one storage section.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a banknote processing apparatus that processes banknotes is known that performs banknote scrutiny processing to count banknotes in the banknote processing apparatus. More specifically, when performing a banknote scrutiny process, banknotes are fed out one by one from a storage section among a plurality of storage sections provided in the banknote processing apparatus, and the fed banknotes are One sheet is stored in a stacked state in another empty storage section different from the storage section. When all the banknotes stored in one storage unit are sent to another storage unit, the banknotes are returned from the other storage unit to the one storage unit. And a banknote is identified by an identification part, when conveying a banknote from one storage part to another storage part, or when returning a banknote from another storage part to one storage part. By performing such processing, it is possible to count banknotes in the banknote processing apparatus.

  However, in performing the banknote scrutiny process as described above, if the capacity of one storage unit and the other storage unit are substantially the same, the banknotes are stored in one storage unit in a full state or a state close thereto. Sometimes when the banknotes are scrutinized, the banknotes accumulated when the banknotes are stored in a stacked state in other storage units will expand, and the other storage unit will not be able to move all the banknotes out of one storage unit. It may become full. In this way, when the other storage unit is full, it is impossible to continue further examination processing of banknotes, and the banknotes stored in other storage units must be collected once. There's a problem.

  Further, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 are provided with a storage unit for scrutinization, and when performing a banknote scrutinization process, banknotes are fed one by one from the storage unit to the transport unit, and the fed banknotes are A banknote processing apparatus is disclosed which is stored in a storage unit for scrutiny. According to such a banknote handling apparatus, when all banknotes are sent from a certain storage section to a scrutiny storage section, the banknotes are returned from the scrutiny storage section to the original storage section.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-339412 JP 2009-151354 A

  However, in the banknote processing apparatus as shown in Patent Document 1 or Patent Document 2, a scrutiny storage unit must be provided, and such a scrutiny storage unit is used only when performing banknote scrutiny processing. Therefore, there is a problem in that the banknote processing apparatus becomes unnecessarily large by providing a storage unit for scrutiny. Moreover, in the banknote processing apparatus as shown to patent document 1 or patent document 2, the conveyance destination of the banknote drawn | fed out from the storage part to the conveyance part is not used for scrutiny until the storage part for scrutiny becomes a full state. It changes to the other part from a storage part. For this reason, the storage unit for scrutiny is already full, and when the banknotes are returned from the storage unit for scrutiny to the original storage unit, all the banknotes may not fully enter the original storage unit.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of such points, and in performing a banknote scrutiny process, the original storage unit in which a banknote to be scrutinized is stored in a full state or a state close thereto. Even when banknotes are stored, banknotes can be scrutinized reliably, and the banknote processing device can be prevented from becoming large because there is no need to provide a separate storage section for scrutiny. An object is to provide a processing apparatus.

  The present invention provides a casing, a transport section that is provided in the casing and transports banknotes one by one in the casing, and a banknote that is provided in the transport section and is transported by the transport section one by one. And a plurality of storage units provided in the housing, wherein each storage unit is connected to the transport unit, and each storage unit receives a banknote sent from the transport unit. A plurality of storage units for storing and storing stored banknotes one by one to the transport unit, and a control unit for controlling the transport unit and each of the storage units. The bills fed out one by one are stored one by one in another empty storage unit different from the one storage unit, and all the banknotes stored in the one storage unit are stored in the other storage unit. When sent to the storage unit, the other storage unit moves to the one storage unit. When the bill is returned and the bill is conveyed from the one storage unit to the other storage unit or when the bill is returned from the other storage unit to the one storage unit, the identification unit recognizes the bill. A control unit that performs control so as to send the remaining banknotes to another storage unit in an empty state when the other storage unit becomes full while performing such a detailed inspection process. , A bill processing apparatus characterized by comprising:

  According to such a banknote handling apparatus, when performing a banknote scrutiny process, a banknote is in a full state or a state close thereto in an original storage section (one storage section) in which banknotes to be subjected to a scrutiny process are stored. In the case where the banknotes are stored, when a banknote is sent from one storage section to another storage section, the bundle of banknotes expands in the other storage section, and before the banknotes are all fed out from the one storage section, Even when the storage section of the banknote is full, the remaining banknotes are stored in another storage section in an empty state, so that the banknote scrutiny process is reliably performed without interruption. Moreover, in such a banknote processing apparatus, since it is not necessary to provide the accommodating part for close examination separately, it can prevent that a banknote processing apparatus enlarges.

In the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, the control unit sends the remaining banknotes to another empty storage unit when the other storage unit is full during the scrutiny process, When all the banknotes stored in the one storage section are sent to the other storage section or the further other storage section, the other storage section and the further storage section to the one storage section. Control may be performed to return the banknote.
Moreover, in the banknote processing apparatus of the present invention, the plurality of storage units include temporary storage units in which banknotes inserted from the outside of the housing and identified by the identification unit are temporarily retained. The temporary holding unit may be used as the other storage unit when the control unit performs the examination process.

  In the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, the plurality of storage units include a slot for feeding banknotes from the outside to the inside of the housing, and when the control unit performs the scrutiny processing The insertion port may be used as the other storage unit.

  Alternatively, the plurality of storage units include a reject unit to which reject banknotes other than banknotes identified as normal banknotes by the identification unit are conveyed, and the control unit performs the scrutiny processing When performing, the said rejection part may be used as said further another accommodating part.

  In the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, the control unit performs the scrutinization process when the number of banknotes stored in the one storage unit is greater than or equal to a predetermined number before the scrutiny process is performed. At this time, control may be performed so as to send a preset number of banknotes to the further other storage unit.

  In the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, when the control unit performs the scrutiny process, when the one storage unit becomes full while returning the banknote to the one storage unit, the remaining banknotes May be controlled to be sent to the other storage unit.

  Alternatively, the plurality of storage units include a denomination mixed storage unit that mixes and stores a plurality of denomination banknotes, and the control unit performs the scrutiny process when the one storage is performed. When the one storage unit becomes full while the banknotes are returned to the part, control may be performed so that the remaining banknotes are sent to the denomination mixing storage unit.

  Alternatively, the plurality of storage units include a denomination mixed storage unit that mixes and stores a plurality of denomination banknotes, and the control unit performs the scrutiny process when the one storage is performed. When the one storage unit becomes full while the banknotes are returned to the part, the remaining banknotes are sent to the other storage unit, and then from the other storage unit to the denomination mixing storage unit. Control may be performed to send all banknotes.

  According to the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, when performing banknote scrutiny processing, even when banknotes are stored in a full state or a state close thereto in the original storage unit in which banknotes to be scrutinized are stored. The banknote scrutiny process can be reliably performed, and further, since it is not necessary to separately provide a scrutiny storage part, it is possible to prevent the banknote processing apparatus from becoming large.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure inside the banknote processing apparatus in one embodiment of this invention. It is a control block diagram of the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement at the time of performing the detailed examination process of a banknote in the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the other operation | movement at the time of performing the close examination process of a banknote in the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the flow of the banknote at the time of performing the close examination process of the banknote shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the flow of the banknote at the time of performing the close examination process of the banknote shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the flow of the banknote at the time of performing the close examination process of the banknote shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the flow of the banknote at the time of performing the close examination process of the banknote shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the flow of the banknote at the time of performing the close examination process of the banknote shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the flow of the banknote at the time of performing the close examination process of the banknote shown in FIG.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 to 10 are diagrams showing a banknote handling apparatus according to the present embodiment. Among these, FIG. 1 is a block diagram which shows the structure inside the banknote processing apparatus in this Embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. FIGS. 3 and 4 are flowcharts showing the operations when performing the banknote scrutiny processing in the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, respectively. 5 to 10 are explanatory views showing the flow of banknotes when the banknote scrutiny processing shown in FIG. 3 is performed.

  First, the overall configuration of the banknote handling apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the banknote handling apparatus 10 includes a substantially rectangular parallelepiped casing 12, and a front opening of the casing 12 is a slot for inserting banknotes from the outside to the inside of the casing 12. 14 is provided. The insertion port 14 also functions as a dispensing port for dispensing bills from the inside of the housing 12 to the outside. That is, the insertion slot 14 is configured such that an operator can insert a banknote into the insertion slot 14 or take out a banknote from the insertion slot 14. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, the insertion slot 14 is inclined obliquely with respect to the vertical direction, and bills are inserted into the insertion slot 14 while being inclined obliquely in a stacked state. ing. In FIG. 1, a bill inserted into the insertion slot 14 is indicated by a reference symbol P.

  A bill feeding mechanism 14 a is provided in the insertion slot 14, and the bills accumulated in the insertion slot 14 are fed out one by one into the housing 12 by the bill feeding mechanism 14 a. Moreover, when performing the banknote withdrawal process, banknotes are sent to the insertion port 14 one by one from a transport unit 16 (described later) provided inside the housing 12.

  By providing the banknote feeding mechanism 14 a, the insertion port 14 functions as a storage unit that stores banknotes sent from the transport unit 16 and feeds the stored banknotes one by one to the transport unit 16. It becomes like this.

  In addition, a shutter mechanism (not shown) is provided at the insertion port 14, and the insertion port 14 is opened and closed by this shutter mechanism. More specifically, when the operator inserts banknotes into or out of the insertion slot 14, the shutter mechanism is opened so that the insertion slot 14 is exposed to the outside of the housing 12. It has become. On the other hand, when the banknotes accumulated in the insertion slot 14 are fed out one by one into the housing 12 by the banknote feeding mechanism 14a, or banknotes are sent one by one from the transport section 16 (described later) to the insertion slot 14. The shutter mechanism closes the inlet 14.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a transport unit 16 for transporting banknotes one by one is provided inside the housing 12. A slot 14 is connected to the transport unit 16, and the banknotes accumulated in the slot 14 and fed into the housing 12 by the banknote feeding mechanism 14 a are transported by the transport unit 16. . Further, a branch member 26 is provided at each branch point in the transport unit 16. By controlling each branch member 26 by a control unit 50 described later, a bill conveyance path is determined.

  An identification unit 18 is installed in the transport unit 16. The identification unit 18 is configured to identify the denomination, correctness, authenticity, and the like of the banknote conveyed by the conveyance unit 16.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a deposit rejection port 20 is provided on the front surface of the housing 12. The deposit reject port 20 is connected to the transport unit 16. Of the banknotes fed out from the outside of the housing 12 by the banknote feeding mechanism 14a, banknotes other than banknotes identified as normal banknotes by the identification unit 18 are rejected by the transport unit 16 as reject banknotes. It is sent to the mouth 20. More specifically, when performing banknote deposit processing, a banknote identified as a fake ticket by the identification unit 18, a banknote that could not be identified by the identification unit 18, skew, multifeed, etc. The banknote in which the conveyance abnormality is detected is sent to the deposit reject port 20 by the transport unit 16 as a reject banknote.

  The deposit reject port 20 is provided with a shutter mechanism (not shown), and the deposit reject port 20 is opened and closed by this shutter mechanism. More specifically, when the operator takes out the reject banknote from the deposit reject port 20, the shutter mechanism is opened so that the deposit reject port 20 is exposed to the outside of the housing 12. On the other hand, the shutter mechanism closes the deposit reject port 20 during the banknote depositing and dispensing process.

  Further, a withdrawal reject unit 22 is provided in the housing 12, and the withdrawal rejection unit 22 is connected to the transport unit 16. And when performing the payment | withdrawal process and scrutinization processing of a banknote, banknotes other than the banknote identified as a normal banknote by the identification part 18 among the banknotes drawn | fed out to the conveyance part 16 from the accommodating part 30 grade | etc., Mentioned later. (Specifically, for example, a banknote in which a conveyance abnormality such as skew feeding or double feeding is detected) is sent to the withdrawal reject unit 22 by the conveyance unit 16.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of storage units 30 are stored in the lower part of the housing 12. Each storage unit 30 is connected to the transport unit 16, and stores banknotes sent from the transport unit 16 in a stacked state, and feeds the stored banknotes one by one to the transport unit 16. The plurality of storage units 30 includes a deposit temporary storage unit 32, denomination storage units 34 a to 34 c, and a denomination mixed storage unit 36.

  Among the plurality of storage units 30, the deposit temporary storage unit 32 is inserted into the housing 12 from the outside through the insertion port 14, and temporarily holds banknotes identified as normal banknotes by the identification unit 18. It is like that. And the banknote temporarily hold | maintained by the money_receiving | payment temporary storage part 32 is each denomination storage part 34a-34c, or denomination mixing, when the operator's operation part 52 mentioned later confirms the money_receiving | payment process of a banknote. It is sent to the storage unit 36.

  Each denomination storing unit 34a to 34c stores a banknote of a specific denomination set in advance. More specifically, the denominations of the corresponding banknotes are set in advance in the respective denomination storing units 34a to 34c, and the denomination storing units 34a to 34c receive only the set denominations of banknotes. Each is designed to be stored.

  On the other hand, the denomination mixing and storing unit 36 mixes and stores a plurality of denominations of banknotes. More specifically, the denomination mixed storage unit 36 stores banknotes of denominations different from the denominations set in the denomination storage units 34a to 34c. Further, when each denomination storage unit 34a to 34c becomes full, banknotes of denominations corresponding to the denomination storage units 34a to 34c are sent from the transport unit 16 to the denomination mixing storage unit 36. It is stored in the seed mixture storage unit 36.

  Each storage unit 30 is provided with a banknote feeding mechanism 30a, and banknotes stored in a stacked state in each storage unit 30 can be fed out to the transport unit 16 one by one by the banknote feeding mechanism 30a. Yes.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a control unit 50 that controls each component of the banknote handling apparatus 10 is provided inside the housing 12. The configuration of the control unit 50 will be described with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the control unit 50 includes a bill feeding mechanism 14 a provided in the insertion slot 14, a transport unit 16, an identification unit 18, a bill feeding mechanism 30 a provided in each storage unit 30, and a transport unit 16. A branching member 26 provided at each branching point, a shutter mechanism provided at the input port 14 and the deposit reject port 20 are connected. In addition, an operation unit 52, a display unit 54, and an interface 56 are connected to the control unit 50. Here, the identification information of the banknote identified by the identification unit 18 is sent to the control unit 50. Moreover, the control part 50 sends a control signal with respect to the banknote feeding mechanism 14a, the conveyance part 16, the banknote feeding mechanism 30a, the branch member 26, a shutter mechanism, etc., respectively, and controls these components. .

  The operation unit 52 is used by an operator to send various instructions to the control unit 50, and is configured by, for example, a keyboard and various keys. Moreover, the display part 54 displays the processing status of various banknotes in the banknote processing apparatus 10, for example, the number of denominations of banknotes stored in each storage unit 30, and the like. The operation unit 52 and the display unit 54 are provided on the front surface or the upper surface of the housing 12 of the banknote handling apparatus 10. The operation unit 52 and the display unit 54 may be integrated. Specifically, for example, a touch panel is provided on the front surface or the upper surface of the housing 12, and the processing status of various banknotes in the banknote processing apparatus 10 is displayed on the touch panel, and various keys displayed on the touch panel are displayed. The operator may be able to send various instructions to the control unit 50 by pressing the button.

  Further, the control unit 50 can transmit / receive information to / from an external device (for example, a host device) different from the banknote processing device 10 via the interface 56.

  Next, operation | movement of the banknote processing apparatus 10 which consists of the above structures is demonstrated. In addition, operation | movement of the banknote processing apparatus 10 as shown below is performed when the control part 50 controls each component of the banknote processing apparatus 10. FIG.

  First, banknote depositing processing in the banknote handling apparatus 10 will be described below.

  When performing bill deposit processing, first, the shutter mechanism of the slot 14 of the bill processing apparatus 10 is opened, and the operator inserts the bill into the slot 14. When the shutter mechanism is closed, the bills inserted into the insertion slot 14 are fed out one by one to the transport unit 16 by the bill feeding mechanism 14a. The banknotes fed to the transport unit 16 by the banknote feeding mechanism 14a are transported by the transport unit 16, and the identification unit 18 identifies the denomination, correctness, authenticity, and the like. The banknote identified as a normal banknote by the identification part 18 is conveyed by the branching member 26 to the deposit temporary storage part 32. In the deposit temporary storage unit 32, the banknotes sent from the transport unit 16 are temporarily stored in a stacked state.

  On the other hand, banknotes other than banknotes identified as normal banknotes by the identification unit 18, that is, banknotes identified by the identification unit 18 as being fake, or banknotes that could not be identified by the identification unit 18. Or the banknote in which conveyance abnormalities, such as skew feeding and double feeding, were detected is sent to the deposit | rejection rejection port 20 by the conveyance part 16 as a rejection banknote, and is accumulate | stored in this payment | rejection rejection port 20. FIG. Then, after the banknote depositing process is completed, the reject mechanism accumulated in the deposit reject port 20 is taken out by the operator by opening a shutter mechanism provided in the deposit reject port 20.

  The above-described operation is performed until all the bills inserted into the insertion slot 14 are drawn out into the housing 12. When all the bills inserted into the insertion slot 14 are fed out into the housing 12, this is displayed on the display unit 54. When the operator issues a “deposit confirmation” to the control unit 50 using the operation unit 52, banknotes are fed one by one from the deposit temporary storage unit 32 by the banknote feeding mechanism 30 a, and the fed banknotes are Based on the denominations, they are transported to the respective denomination storage units 34a to 34c and stored in these denomination storage units 34a to 34c. On the other hand, about the banknote drawn | paid out from the payment temporary storage part 32, when the money type does not correspond with the money type in money type storage part 34a-34c, or the money type storage part 34a-34c of a corresponding money type is a full state. In this case, the banknote is conveyed to the denomination mixing and storing unit 36 and stored in the denomination mixing and storing unit 36 in a denomination mixed state. In this way, the banknote deposit process is completed.

  Further, when the operator issues a “return” command to the control unit 50 instead of the “payment confirmation” command by the operation unit 52, banknotes are fed out from the deposit temporary storage unit 32 one by one by the bill feeding mechanism 30a. The fed banknotes are returned to the insertion slot 14. And after all the banknotes are conveyed from the deposit temporary storage part 32 to the insertion port 14, the shutter mechanism provided in this insertion port 14 opens, and the banknote returned to the insertion port 14 is taken out by the operator. It will be.

  Next, banknote withdrawal processing in the banknote handling apparatus 10 will be described.

  When the operator gives an instruction for banknote withdrawal processing to the control unit 50 by the operation unit 52, the banknotes are one by one from the denomination storage units 34 a to 34 c of the storage unit 30 and the denomination mixing storage unit 36. The bills fed out to the transport unit 16 by the feeding mechanism 30 a are identified by the identifying unit 18. Here, when the banknote identified by the identification part 18 is a normal banknote, this banknote is conveyed by the conveyance part 16 to the insertion slot 14, and is integrated | stacked on the insertion slot 14. FIG. As described above, the insertion port 14 also functions as a dispensing port for dispensing bills from the inside of the housing 12 to the outside. On the other hand, when the banknote identified by the identification unit 18 is a banknote other than a normal banknote, the banknote is transported to the withdrawal reject unit 22 by the transport unit 16. And when all the banknotes or banknotes of a predetermined total amount are paid out from the denomination storage units 34a to 34c and the denomination mixing storage unit 36, the shutter mechanism provided at the input port 14 is opened to open the input port. The banknotes accumulated in 14 are taken out as withdrawal banknotes by the operator. In this way, the bill withdrawal process is completed.

  Next, banknote scrutiny processing in the banknote processing apparatus 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 5 to 10. Here, the banknote scrutiny process refers to a process for counting banknotes in the banknote processing apparatus 10. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation when performing a banknote scrutiny process in the banknote processing apparatus 10 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and FIGS. 5 to 10 perform the banknote withdrawal process shown in FIG. 3. It is explanatory drawing which shows the flow of the banknote at the time.

  Briefly describing the banknote scrutiny process in the banknote processing apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, banknotes are fed one by one from the respective denomination storage units 34a to 34c and denomination mixing storage unit 36 to the transport unit 16 and then fed out. The banknotes are stored one by one in the deposit temporary storage unit 32 which is another storage unit in an empty state. Then, when all the banknotes stored in the denomination storage units 34 a to 34 c and the denomination mixing storage unit 36 are sent to the temporary deposit storage unit 32, the respective denomination storage units 34 a to 34 c from the deposit temporary storage unit 32. In addition, all the banknotes are returned to the denomination mixing and storing unit 36, and the banknotes are identified by the identifying unit 18 at this time. And in the banknote scrutinization process in the banknote processing apparatus 10 of this Embodiment, when the deposit temporary holding | maintenance part 32 became a full state during performing the above scrutiny processes, the remaining banknotes are made into an empty state. Further, when all the banknotes stored in the denomination storage units 34 a to 34 c and the denomination mixing storage unit 36 are sent to the deposit temporary storage unit 32 or the insertion slot 14, they are sent to the insertion slot 14 that functions as another storage unit. In addition, the banknotes are returned from the deposit temporary storage unit 32 and the insertion port 14 to the denomination storing units 34 a to 34 c and the denomination mixing storing unit 36. In such a bill review process, the slot 14 is closed by a shutter mechanism. For this reason, the insertion slot 14 functions as a storage unit that stores the banknotes sent from the transport unit 16 and feeds the stored banknotes one by one to the transport unit 16.

  The banknote scrutiny process in the banknote processing apparatus 10 will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 3 and 5 to 10.

  When an operator gives an instruction for a banknote scrutiny process to the control unit 50 by the operation unit 52, the banknotes are transported one by one from the denomination storage units 34a to 34c and the denomination mixing storage unit 36 by the banknote feeding mechanism 30a. It is fed to the section 16 (STEP 1 in FIG. 3). Here, the control unit 50 determines whether or not the deposit temporary storage unit 32 is full (STEP 2 in FIG. 3). When the deposit temporary storage unit 32 is not in a full state (“NO” in STEP 2 in FIG. 3), the banknotes fed out from the denomination storage units 34 a to 34 c and the denomination mixing storage unit 36 to the transport unit 16. Is transferred to the deposit temporary storage unit 32 (STEP 3 in FIG. 3 and thick line in FIG. 5). On the other hand, when the deposit temporary storage unit 32 is in a full state (“YES” in STEP 2 in FIG. 3), it is fed out from the denomination storage units 34 a to 34 c and the denomination mixing storage unit 36 to the transport unit 16. The bills are conveyed to the insertion slot 14 (STEP 4 in FIG. 3 and a thick solid line in FIG. 6). At this time, before the banknote is sent to the insertion slot 14, the banknote is identified by the identification unit 18, and only the banknote identified as a normal banknote is conveyed to the insertion slot 14. Here, when the banknote identified by the identification unit 18 before being sent to the insertion slot 14 is a banknote other than a normal banknote, specifically, a conveyance abnormality such as skew feeding or double feeding is detected. If the banknote is a banknote, the banknote is transported by the transport unit 16 to the withdrawal reject unit 22 (the thick dotted line in FIG. 6).

  The operations shown in STEP 1 to STEP 4 in FIG. 3 are performed until all banknotes are fed out from the storage units to be examined in each of the denomination storage units 34a to 34c and the denomination mixing storage unit 36 (FIG. 3). (“NO” in STEP 5)

  When all banknotes are paid out from the respective denomination storage units 34a to 34c and the denomination mixing storage unit 36 ("YES" in STEP 5 in FIG. 3), banknotes are transferred one by one from the deposit temporary storage unit 32 by the banknote feeding mechanism 30a. The bills fed out to the transport unit 16 are identified by the identification unit 18 (STEP 6 in FIG. 3). And when the banknote identified by the identification part 18 is banknotes other than a normal banknote, specifically, when it is a banknote in which conveyance abnormalities, such as skew feeding and double feeding, were detected, ( This banknote is conveyed by the conveyance part 16 to the withdrawal rejection part 22 (STEP8 in FIG. 3 and the thick dotted line in FIG. 7). Moreover, when the banknote identified by the identification part 18 is a normal banknote ("YES" of STEP7 of FIG. 3), in the control part 50, each original money type accommodating part 34a-34c will be in a full state. Is determined (STEP 9 in FIG. 3). When the original denomination storage units 34a to 34c are not full ("NO" in STEP 9 in FIG. 3), the banknotes identified by the identification unit 18 are converted into the original denomination storage units 34a to 34c. Or it conveys to the denomination mixing storage part 36 (STEP10 of FIG. 3) and the thick continuous line of FIG. On the other hand, when the original denomination storage units 34a to 34c are full, for example, the denomination storage unit 34b is full for banknotes of denominations corresponding to the deposit temporary storage unit 32, for example. If it is in a state (“YES” in STEP 9 in FIG. 3), the banknotes identified by the identification unit 18 are transported to the insertion slot 14 (STEP 11 in FIG. 3 and bold lines in FIG. 8). The operations shown in STEP 6 to STEP 11 in FIG. 3 are performed until all the banknotes are drawn out from the deposit temporary storage unit 32 (“NO” in STEP 12 in FIG. 3).

  When all banknotes are paid out from the deposit temporary storage unit 32 (“YES” in STEP 12 in FIG. 3), if no banknotes are being conveyed to the insertion slot 14 (“NO” in STEP 13 in FIG. 3), The scrutiny process ends. On the other hand, when a banknote is being conveyed to the insertion slot 14 (“YES” in STEP 13 in FIG. 3), the banknotes conveyed to the insertion slot 14 are in the insertion slot because the deposit temporary storage unit 32 is full. 14 (STEP 4 in FIG. 3), the banknotes are transported by the transport unit 16 to the original denomination storage units 34a to 34c or the denomination mixing storage unit 36 (STEP 14 in FIG. 3). And thick line in FIG. 9). On the other hand, when the banknote transported to the insertion slot 14 is one that has been transported to the insertion slot 14 because the original denomination storage units 34a to 34c are full (STEP 11 in FIG. 3), the banknote is It is conveyed by the conveyance part 16 to the denomination mixing accommodation part 36 (STEP14 of FIG. 3, and the thick line of FIG. 10). And if all the banknotes are conveyed to each denomination storing part 34a-34c or the denomination mixing storage part 36 from the insertion port 14, the detailed examination process of a banknote will be complete | finished.

  In addition, after all the banknotes are paid out from each denomination storing part 34a-34c and denomination mixing storage part 36, since the deposit temporary storage part 32 is a full state, when a banknote is conveyed to the insertion slot 14, First, banknotes are conveyed from the insertion port 14 to the original denomination storage units 34a to 34c and denomination mixing storage unit 36, and thereafter, the original denomination storage units 34a to 34c and denomination mixing are performed from the deposit temporary storage unit 32. You may convey a banknote to the accommodating part 36. FIG.

  Further, when the banknotes are transported from the deposit temporary storage unit 32 to the original denomination storage units 34a to 34c and the denomination mixed storage unit 36, the original denomination storage units 34a to 34c are in a full state. 3 (“YES” in STEP 9 in FIG. 3), instead of transporting the bill to the insertion slot 14, the bill may be directly transported to the denomination mixing and storing unit 36.

  As described above, according to the banknote handling apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, when performing the banknote scrutiny process, the control unit 50, when the deposit temporary storage unit 32 becomes full, It is sent to the insertion port 14 that functions as another empty storage unit, and all the banknotes stored in the denomination storage units 34 a to 34 c and the denomination mixing storage unit 36 are sent to the temporary deposit storage unit 32 or the input port 14. When received, the banknotes are returned from the deposit temporary storage unit 32 and the insertion port 14 to the denomination storage units 34 a to 34 c and the denomination mixing storage unit 36. For this reason, in performing the banknote scrutiny process, the original storage part in which the banknotes to be scrutinized are stored, specifically, each denomination storage part 34a to 34c and the denomination mixing storage part 36 are full. Alternatively, when banknotes are stored in a state close to that, when the banknotes are sent from the respective denomination storage units 34 a to 34 c or the denomination mixed storage unit 36 to the temporary payment storage unit 32, they are accumulated in the temporary payment storage unit 32. Even when the deposited banknote is expanded and the deposit temporary storage unit 32 becomes full before the banknotes are fed out from the denomination storage units 34a to 34c and the denomination mixing storage unit 36, the remaining banknotes Is stored in the insertion slot 14 functioning as another storage section in an empty state, so that the banknote scrutiny process is reliably performed without interruption. Moreover, in the banknote processing apparatus 10 as mentioned above, since it is not necessary to provide the accommodating part for close examination separately, it can prevent that the banknote processing apparatus 10 enlarges.

  Moreover, in the banknote processing apparatus 10 of this Embodiment, when performing the close examination process of a banknote, when returning a banknote to each denomination storing part 34a-34c or the denomination mixing storage part 36, each denomination storing part 34a. When .about.34c is full, the remaining banknotes are sent to the slot 14. Then, bills are sent from the insertion port 14 to the denomination mixing and storing unit 36. According to such an operation, when performing a banknote scrutinization process, when the banknotes are returned to the respective denomination storage units 34a to 34c, the banknotes accumulated in these storage units expand, and the deposit temporary holding unit 32. Even if each denomination storage part 34a-34c becomes full before paying out all the banknotes, the remaining banknotes are stored in the insertion port 14 that functions as another storage part, The scrutiny process is performed without interruption.

  In this way, when the deposit temporary storage unit 32 and each denomination storage unit 34a to 34c are full at the time of scrutiny, the subsequent banknotes are sent to the insertion slot 14, so that a part necessary for other processing is used. And can be scrutinized efficiently.

  In addition, the banknote processing apparatus by this Embodiment is not limited to said aspect, A various change can be added. For example, in the operation according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 3, when performing the banknote scrutiny processing, the banknotes are fed one by one from the respective denomination storage units 34 a to 34 c and the denomination mixing storage unit 36 to the transport unit 16. The received banknotes are stored one by one in the deposit temporary storage unit 32, and when all the banknotes stored in the denomination storage units 34a to 34c and the denomination mixed storage unit 36 are sent to the temporary deposit storage unit 32, The banknotes are returned from the deposit temporary storage unit 32 to the denomination storage units 34a to 34c and the denomination mixed storage unit 36, and the banknotes are identified by the identification unit 18 at this time. The operation is not limited to such an operation. As other scrutiny processing of banknotes, banknotes are fed one by one from the respective denomination storage units 34a to 34c and denomination mixed storage units 36 to the transport unit 16, and the fed banknotes are identified and identified by the identification unit 18. When the banknotes are stored one by one in the deposit temporary storage unit 32 and all the banknotes stored in the respective denomination storage units 34a to 34c and the denomination mixed storage unit 36 are sent to the temporary deposit storage unit 32, the deposit is temporarily performed. You may make it return a banknote from the holding | maintenance part 32 to each denomination storage part 34a-34c and the denomination mixing storage part 36. FIG. Even in such banknote scrutiny processing, banknotes in the banknote processing apparatus 10 can be counted.

  As another modification, a banknote feeding mechanism that feeds the banknotes accumulated in the deposit rejection port 20 to the transport unit 16 one by one may be provided in the deposit rejection port 20. The bill feeding mechanism provided in the deposit rejection port 20 has the same configuration as the bill feeding mechanism 14 a provided in the insertion port 14. When the shutter mechanism provided in the deposit reject port 20 is closed, the deposit reject port 20 stores bills sent from the transport unit 16 and stores the stored bills one by one in the transport unit 16. It can also function as a storage unit that is fed out. In this case, when the deposit temporary holding unit 32 becomes full during the bill review process, the remaining bills may be sent to the deposit reject port 20 instead of the deposit port 14. And when all the banknotes accommodated in the denomination storage units 34a to 34c and the denomination mixing storage unit 36 are sent to the temporary deposit storage unit 32 or the deposit reject port 20, the temporary deposit unit 32 and the deposit reject port You may make it return a banknote from 20 to each denomination storage part 34a-34c and denomination mixing storage part 36. FIG.

  Even in this case, as in the case of using the insertion port 14 of the above-described embodiment, it is possible to efficiently perform a scrutiny using a portion necessary for other processing. Further, since the deposit rejection port 20 is provided with a shutter mechanism, it is possible to perform strict scrutiny since a person does not touch the banknote during scrutiny.

  Further, as still another example of the banknote review process, an operation as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4 may be performed. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing another operation when performing a banknote scrutiny process in the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. In the banknote scrutiny process according to this modification, a predetermined number of banknotes is set in advance in the control unit 50, and before the banknote scrutiny process is performed, each denomination storage unit 34a to 34c and denomination mixed storage unit. When the number of banknotes stored in 36 is equal to or greater than a predetermined number, a predetermined number (for example, each of the denomination storing units 34a to 34c and the denomination mixing storing unit 36) is used when performing the detailed examination process. Bills of 20% of the number of sheets accommodated) are sent to the slot 14.

  More specifically, when the operator gives an instruction for a banknote scrutiny process to the control unit 50 by the operation unit 52, first, in the control unit 50, each denomination storage unit 34a to 34c and denomination mixed storage. The number of banknotes stored in the unit 36 is compared with a predetermined number preset in the control unit 50 (STEP 1 in FIG. 4). Here, the predetermined number set in advance in the control unit 50 is set to, for example, 90% of the number of sheets stored in each of the denomination storage units 34a to 34c and the denomination mixing storage unit 36, for example. If the number of banknotes stored in each of the denomination storage units 34a to 34c and the denomination mixing storage unit 36 is equal to or greater than a predetermined number (“YES” in STEP 1 in FIG. 4), first, each denomination A predetermined number of banknotes are conveyed from the storage units 34 a to 34 c and the denomination mixing storage unit 36 to the insertion port 14. Here, the preset number of sheets is, for example, 20% of the number of sheets stored in each of the denomination storage units 34 a to 34 c and the denomination mixing storage unit 36. Note that the preset number is not limited to such an example, and is based on the number of banknotes actually stored in each denomination storage unit 34a to 34c or denomination mixing storage unit 36, for example. It may be set (for example, 20% of the number of sheets actually accommodated). Then, the remaining banknotes are conveyed from the denomination storage units 34a to 34c and the denomination mixed storage unit 36 to the temporary deposit storage unit 32 (STEP 2 in FIG. 4). Thereafter, when all the banknotes stored in the denomination storage units 34a to 34c and the denomination mixing storage unit 36 are sent to the deposit temporary storage unit 32 or the input port 14, each money is stored in the deposit temporary storage unit 32 and the input port 14. The bills are returned to the type storage units 34a to 34c and the denomination mixed storage unit 36 (STEP 3 in FIG. 4). When each banknote is conveyed from the denomination storage units 34 a to 34 c or the denomination mixed storage unit 36 to the temporary deposit storage unit 32 or the insertion slot 14, or from the temporary deposit storage unit 32 or the insertion slot 14. When the banknotes are returned to the units 34 a to 34 c and the denomination mixing and storing unit 36, the banknotes are identified by the identifying unit 18. In this way, the banknote review process is completed.

  Further, when the number of banknotes stored in each denomination storage unit 34a to 34c or denomination mixing storage unit 36 is smaller than a predetermined number (“NO” in STEP 1 in FIG. 4), each denomination storage unit The banknotes are conveyed from 34a to 34c and the denomination mixed storage unit 36 to the deposit temporary storage unit 32. At this time, if the deposit temporary storage unit 32 becomes full, the remaining banknotes are conveyed to the insertion slot 14 (STEP 4 in FIG. 4). Thereafter, when all the banknotes stored in the respective denomination storage units 34a to 34c and the denomination mixing storage unit 36 are sent to the deposit temporary storage unit 32 (or the insertion slot 14), the temporary deposit storage unit 32 (and if necessary) For example, the bills are returned from the slot 14) to the denomination storage units 34a to 34c and the denomination mixing storage unit 36 (STEP 5 in FIG. 4). When each banknote is conveyed from the denomination storage units 34 a to 34 c or the denomination mixed storage unit 36 to the temporary deposit storage unit 32 or the insertion slot 14, or from the temporary deposit storage unit 32 or the insertion slot 14. When the banknotes are returned to the units 34 a to 34 c and the denomination mixing and storing unit 36, the banknotes are identified by the identifying unit 18. In this way, the banknote review process is completed.

  According to the modification shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4, the number of banknotes stored in each of the denomination storage units 34 a to 34 c and the denomination mixing storage unit 36 is greater than or equal to a predetermined number when performing banknote scrutiny processing. In this case, it is possible to suppress the deposit temporary holding unit 32 from being full by sending a preset number of banknotes to the insertion slot 14.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Banknote processing apparatus 12 Housing | casing 14 Input port 14a Bill feeding mechanism 16 Conveying part 18 Identification part 20 Deposit rejection port 22 Withdrawal rejection part 26 Branch member 30 Storage part 30a Bill feeding mechanism 32 Deposit temporary storage part 34a-34c Unit 36 denomination mixing storage unit 50 control unit 52 operation unit 54 display unit 56 interface

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A housing,
A transport unit that is provided in the housing and transports banknotes one by one in the housing;
An identification unit that is provided in the transport unit and identifies the banknotes transported by the transport unit one by one;
A plurality of storage units provided in the housing, wherein each of the storage units is connected to the transport unit, and each of the storage units stores and stores bills sent from the transport unit. A plurality of storage units that feed the banknotes one by one to the transport unit;
A control unit that controls the transport unit and the storage units, and feeds banknotes one by one from the storage unit of the plurality of storage units to the transport unit, and the fed banknotes are stored in the single storage unit. When the banknotes stored in the one storage unit are all sent to the other storage unit one by one in the other storage unit in an empty state of the plurality of storage units different from the other storage unit, When the banknote is returned from the storage section to the one storage section, and when the banknote is transferred from the one storage section to the other storage section, or when the banknote is returned from the other storage section to the one storage section, performs reconciliation process that performs identification of the bill by the recognition unit, when the other housing part while performing such examination process becomes full, empty state the rest of the bill, said housing and a control unit from the external performs control to send the inlet for introducing the banknotes therein
A bill processing apparatus comprising: A housing,
A transport unit that is provided in the housing and transports banknotes one by one in the housing;
An identification unit that is provided in the transport unit and identifies the banknotes transported by the transport unit one by one;
A plurality of storage units provided in the housing, wherein each of the storage units is connected to the transport unit, and each of the storage units stores and stores bills sent from the transport unit. A plurality of storage units that feed the banknotes one by one to the transport unit;
A control unit that controls the transport unit and the storage units, and feeds banknotes one by one from the storage unit of the plurality of storage units to the transport unit, and the fed banknotes are stored in the single storage unit. When the banknotes stored in the one storage unit are all sent to the other storage unit one by one in the other storage unit in an empty state of the plurality of storage units different from the other storage unit, When the banknote is returned from the storage section to the one storage section, and when the banknote is transferred from the one storage section to the other storage section, or when the banknote is returned from the other storage section to the one storage section, performs reconciliation process that performs identification of the bill by the recognition unit, when the other housing part while performing such examination process becomes full, empty state the rest of the bill, the identifying unit Reject banknotes other than banknotes identified as normal banknotes A control unit for controlling to send the reject unit to be conveyed,
A bill processing apparatus comprising: When the other storage unit becomes full during the scrutiny process, the control unit sends the remaining banknotes to an empty slot or reject unit and is stored in the one storage unit. when the bill is sent to all the other housing part or the inlet or the reject unit, performs control so as to return the bill to the one housing part from the other housing part and the inlet or the reject unit The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the banknote processing apparatus is a banknote processing apparatus. When the number of banknotes stored in the one storage unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined number before the scrutiny process is performed, the control unit performs a scrutiny process when a predetermined number of banknotes are stored. The banknote processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the banknote is controlled to be sent to a slot or a reject unit . The control unit sends the remaining banknotes to the insertion slot or the reject unit when the one storage unit becomes full while the banknotes are returned to the one storage unit during the scrutiny process. Control is performed, The banknote processing apparatus as described in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 4 characterized by the above-mentioned. The plurality of storage units include a denomination mixed storage unit that stores a mixture of banknotes of a plurality of denominations,
The control unit sends the remaining banknotes to the denomination mixing and storing unit when the one storing unit becomes full while returning the banknotes to the one storing unit when performing the scrutiny processing. banknote handling apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that for controlling so. The plurality of storage units include a denomination mixed storage unit that stores a mixture of banknotes of a plurality of denominations,
The control unit, when performing the scrutinization process, when the one storage unit becomes full while returning the banknotes to the one storage unit , sends the remaining banknotes to the insertion slot or the reject unit , Then, it controls so that all banknotes may be sent to the said money type mixing accommodation part from the said insertion port or the said rejection part , The banknote processing apparatus as described in any one of the Claims 1 thru | or 4 characterized by the above-mentioned.

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